Bridle-blind.



H. H.v BRANDES.. BRIDLE BLIND. PPLIoATIoN FILED JUNI: 16,1909.

Patented May 11, 1909.

tfoznal eri wi/bl/LQOOQO HERMAN n. BRANDEs, ,o EooRvnoN, KENTUCKY.

' BEIDLE-BLIND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed June 16, 1908. Serial No. 438,854.

To all whom it may concern:

useful Bridle-Blind, of which the following is a specilication.

The invention relates to improvements in bridle blinds. i

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of bridle blinds, and to provide a simple and inexpensive blind, adapted to be readily applied to any ordinary bridle without employing winker straps or braces, so that there will be no liability of winker straps,v braces, or other straps connected with the bridle blinds of becoming hooked or caught on a post, or other object, and the blinds thereby injured, while a horse is rubbing its head against such post or other object.

Another object of the invention is to pro` vide a pair of laterally extending bridle blinds, adapted to obscure the view at the back and afford an unobstructed view at the front and sides, and at the same time render the bridle cooler than those equipped with the ordinary blinds. f

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, with# in the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing .j--Figure 1 is a perspective view of Aa bridle applied to a horses head and provided with blinds, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is

`a longitudinal sectional View of one side of the bridle. Fig. 3 is 'a transverse'sectional view, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a detail perspective view'of one of the blinds equipped with a box loop and side strap. Fig. 5 is a similar view, the box` loop and side strap being removed.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing. i

Each blind 1 extends laterally from oppo` site sides of a bridle 2, and consists of an l upper substantially lobe-shaped portion 3,

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. BRANDES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corydon, in the county of lHenderson and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and and alower downwardly tapered portion 4.

`Theupper lobe-shaped portion is located in V'rear of the eye of' the animal, and it extends slightly above the same, as clearly illustrated Vin Fig. 1 of the drawin so that the blinds are adapted to cut o the view from the rear and afford an unobstructed vview at the front andsides, and they leave thefront of the bridle entirely open and thereby render the bridle much cooler than bridlesy equipped with forwardly extending blinds." The blind 1 is composed of two layers or plies 5 and 6 of leather, or other suitable ;material, secured together at the outer curved edges by a row of stitching 7, orother suitable means, and the inner longitudinal edges of the plies or thicknesses are bent at right `angles to form an attaching fiange 8. The straight longitudinal edges of the plies at the attaching flange v8 are arranged in flush relation, and it will be apparent, from Fig. 3 of the drawing, that the layer or ply 6, which is bent around the layer or ply 5, requires slightly more material than the latter, so that when the layers or plies of the attaching flange are secured toget-her, the material of the layer or ply 6 will operate to retain the blind and the attaching liange in their angular relation, and

i taching means may vconsist of spaced rows ofv stitching, tacks, or any other suitable means. The blinds are solely supported by the side straps, being attached to the same at their inner longitudinal edges only, and theirfupper and outer edges are entirely free and are not connected to, or braced by winkel* straps, so that when a horse rubs lts head against a post, vor other object, there will be no winker straps or braces to'become caught on such post, and the liability of the lblinds to injury from suchl cause will be entirely eliminated.

The box loop 10, which is of the ordinary construction, extends longitudinally of the attaching flange and is arranged in the an- ,'gle formed by the same and the blinds,.as

clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The box loop by being arranged at the rear face of the blind in the angle formed by the saine and the att-aching flange is adapted t0 prevent the blind from flapping and thereby annoying the animal. By being arranged in the angle formed by the attaching flange 3 and the blind 1, the box loop supports the blind to prevent the same from flapping backwardly, and it stillens the blind to prevent the saine from flapping forwardly. The side or cheek strap 11 is doubled to form two sides 12 and 13, which provide a loop 14 at the top of the flange 8 for an Yupper buckle 15. T he front side portion 12 of' the side strap extends through the box loop` and has a lower tapered terminal 16, arranged below the lower end of the blind g and secured by stitches 17, or other suitable means to the other side portion 13, as clearly shown in F ig. 2 of the drawing. The side portion 13, which is arranged exteriorly of the box loop, extends downward from the top of the attaching flange at the inner or rear face of' the same, and it is doubled on itself below the attached ends 17 to form a i lower loop 18 for the reception of the bit ring 19. The free end 20 of the side strap engages a buckle 21, arranged at the lower i end of the box loop and connected with the same by the attached end 17 and the rear side 13. rlhe attached end portion 17 is provided with a slot 22 for the passage of the tongue of the buckle 21, and the inner transverse bar of the frame of the buckle is l arranged between the end 17 and the rear i side 13. The tongue of the upper buckle passes through a slot 23 of the loop 14, and it is adapted to engage the adjacent end of I the head stall 24 of the bridle. The free end l of the side strap engages the lower buckle and extends into the lower end of the box loop. The blind by being equipped with the box loop and the side strap constitutes a bridle attachment, and may be readily applied to any ordinary bridle.

The blinds, which extend laterally from the opposite sides of the head of an animal, do not close the bridle either at the sides or at the front, so that a bridle equipped with the blinds 1. is as cool as an ordinary open bridle without blinds. The bridle blinds, which are comparatively small, may be cheaply manufactured as only a comparatively small amount of material is employed in the construction of the blinds.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bridle including` a blind extending laterally throughout its length from the side or cheek strap and provided its inner edge with a. narrow longitudinal attaching flange extending rearwardly from the blind at right angles thereto and secured to the side or cheek strap, and a box loop secured to the flange and extended in the angle formed by the flange and the blind, and

4the flange and the strap abut-ting against and supporting the latter to prevent the blind 'troni flapping backwardly and retaining thx blind in position without the use of a winker brace.

A bridle including a blind extending laterally throughout its entirer length froln the bridle and provided at its inner edge with a narrow longitudinal flange extending from the blindn'at right angles thereto` a box loop arranged in the angle formed b v the flange and the blind. and abutting against and supporting the latter to prevent the blind from flapping back fardly and retaining the blind in position without the use of a winker brace, a side strap having a doubled portion, one sideI of which is passed through the box loop and the other side being arranged exteriorly of the rear face of tlvy attaching flange. and fastening means piercing the sides of the doubled portion of the strap and securing the box loop.

together.

3. A bridle including a blind extending 5 laterally throughout its entire length 'troni the side of the bridle, and composed oli two layers or thicknesses united at the outer I edge of the blind and bent at right angles at their inner longitudinal edges to form an attaching flange, the plies or thicknesses o f the attaching flange being secured together` after they are bent. to .naintain the flange and the blind in their angular relation.

el. .1 bridle including a blind extending laterally throughout its entire length 'troni the side of the bridle and provided at its inner edge with a narrow longitudinal at taching flange held at right angles to the blind, a box loop fitted in the angle formed by the blind, and abutting against and supporting the latter to preyent the blind from flapping backwardly and retaining the blind in position without the use of a wiuker brace, a side strap doubled to forni two side portions, one of the side portions of the. strap being extended through the box loop and the other side portion being fitted against the exterior of the attaching flange. fastening means for securing the strap, the box loop and the flange together, and buckles arranged at the ends of the box loop, one. end of the strap cooperating with the lower buckle and extending into the box loop.

A, bridle including a blind extending laterally throughout its entire length `from the side of the bridle and provided at its inner edge with a narrow longitudinal at` taching flange held at right angles to the blind, a box loop fitted in the angle formed by the attaching flange and the blind. and abutting against and supporting the latter to preventthe blind from flapping rearwardly and retaining the blind in position without the use of a winker brace., a sidev strap doubled to form two side portions, one of the Side portions of the strap being l l (l extended through the box loopv and the other an upper buckle secured to the blind by the side portion being fitted against the exterior Side Strap and located at the upper end of oi' the attaching flange, fastening means 'for the box loop.

securing the strap, the box loop and the In testimony, that I claim the foregoing 3 [iange together, Said strap having a ree porl as my own, I have hereto aixed my signa- 15 tion doubled to form a loop at the bottom ture inthe presence of two Witnesses.

of the blind and extending int-o the box HERMAN H. BRANDES. loop, a lower buckle secured between the Witnesses; side portions of the side strap and oopk g J H.S1GGER$,

lo erating- With the free end of the strap, and i S. E. SHERLY. 

